. British birds. Birds. OTES. EARLY NESTS OF HOUSE-SPARROW, SONG-THRUSH, STARLING AND REDBREAST IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. It may be of some interest to record the following early nests in the north of England during January, 1923, these being due, no doubt, to the very mild weather. House-Sparrow {Passer d. domesticus).—North Lanes., nest building first week in January, eggs laid second week, bird sitting third week. Sheltered position. Soxg-Thrush {Tiirdits ph. clarkci).—North Lanes., two eggs on the 13th ; four eggs on 20th, bird conmienced to sit. Position very sheltered on banks of stream.
. British birds. Birds. OTES. EARLY NESTS OF HOUSE-SPARROW, SONG-THRUSH, STARLING AND REDBREAST IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. It may be of some interest to record the following early nests in the north of England during January, 1923, these being due, no doubt, to the very mild weather. House-Sparrow {Passer d. domesticus).—North Lanes., nest building first week in January, eggs laid second week, bird sitting third week. Sheltered position. Soxg-Thrush {Tiirdits ph. clarkci).—North Lanes., two eggs on the 13th ; four eggs on 20th, bird conmienced to sit. Position very sheltered on banks of stream. Starling {Stumns v. vulgaris).—West Riding of Yorks, feeding young at least a week old during the third week in January. Position sheltered. Redbreast {Erithaciis r. mdophilus).—South Westmorland, feeding 3'oung just hatched during the third week in January. Position sheltered. H. W. Robinson. EARLY NEST OF SONG-THRUSH IN CUMBERLAND. A Song-Thrush's nest at Raughton Head, north Cumberland, contained three eggs on January 21st, and five eggs on the 24th. Four young ones hatched out during the night February 9th to loth, and the fifth the next night. E. U. Savage. SHORE-LARKS IN KENT. On January i8th, 1923, on the sands near the mouth of the estuary, at Sandwich, I saw a small flock of birds about the size of the Snow-Buntings {Plectrophenax nivalis) seen shortly before, and which in the misty light I at first thought were a few more of the same birds. But through my glasses I saw points which at once showed me that they were Shore-Larks {Eremophtla alpestris)—birds I had not seen before. They flew about us and settled quite near and we saw the dark crown, the streak from the beak through the eye and the black throat. The mantle of the bird in that light looked an ordinary brown. They moved about so quickly that they were difficult to count, but twice I counted 13, and my companion the same number. I fancy there were a few more. Alice V. Please note that these i
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